As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.
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Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
In some ultra-competitive genres—Northern soul, hip-hop, jungle—selectors have been known to cover up the center stickers of their records, or leave white labels unmarked, to throw boothsnooping DJs off the scent.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
18 July 2026
The Edsel also introduced the Teletouch transmission, which placed push-button gear selectors in the center of the steering wheel.
And, the city argued, Shurin violated Missouri law that requires arbitrators to only decide issues specifically given to them.
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
11 Aug. 2026
Health-care providers were awarded nearly $15 billion last year from arbitrators called in to settle medical billing disputes, more than triple the amount in 2024.
And the latest poll, conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, found 48% of likely voters support it, 41% oppose it and 11% are undecided.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 Aug. 2026
But as the third and purportedly final chapter of the trilogy, a smart campaign will get awards voters focused on the enormity of the Dune endeavor as a whole, on par with the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Currently, informal waste pickers and scrap collectors make up a large portion of Vietnam’s collection system, so the new policy also will factor in that labor so that workers aren’t left behind.
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Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
25 Aug. 2026
Federal authorities soon sent 20,000 pounds (9,072 kg) of food to the pea pickers’ camp.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
17 Aug. 2026
Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.
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Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Aug. 2026
The couple were known in South Florida for their dinner parties at their homes in Miami Beach and Coconut Grove that gathered musicians, fellow attorneys and judges, senators, bankers, philanthropists and journalists.
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